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I - Mission Critical Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • HLP0010

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    Group
  • Unauthorized partitions must not exist on the system complex.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The running of unauthorized Logical Partitions (LPARs) could allow a “Trojan horse” version of the operating environment to b...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • HLP0020

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    Group
  • On Classified Systems, Logical Partition must be restricted with read/write access to only its own IOCDS.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unrestricted control over the IOCDS files could result in unauthorized updates and impact the configuration of the environmen...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • HLP0030

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    Group
  • Processor Resource/Systems Manager (PR/SM) must not allow unrestricted issuing of control program commands.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unrestricted control over the issuing of system commands by a Logical Partition could result in unauthorized data access and ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • HLP0040

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    Group
  • Classified Logical Partition (LPAR) channel paths must be restricted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Restricted LPAR channel paths are necessary to ensure data integrity. Unrestricted LPAR channel path access could result in a...
    Rule High Severity
  • HLP0050

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    Group
  • On Classified Systems the Processor Resource/Systems Manager (PR/SM) must not allow access to system complex data.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing unrestricted access to all Logical Partition data could result in the possibility of unauthorized access and updatin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • HLP0060

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    Group
  • Central processors must be restricted for classified/restricted Logical Partitions (LPARs).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing unrestricted access to classified processors for all LPARs could cause the corruption and loss of classified data se...
    Rule High Severity
  • HMC0035

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    Group
  • Dial-out access from the Hardware Management Console Remote Support Facility (RSF) must be disabled for all classified systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This feature will not be activated for any classified systems. Allowing dial-out access from the Hardware Management Console ...
    Rule High Severity
  • HLESC085

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    Group
  • DCAF Console access must require a password to be entered by each user.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DCAF Console enables an operator to access the ESCON Director Application remotely. Access to a DCAF Console by unauthori...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • HMC0045

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    Group
  • Access to the Hardware Management Console (HMC) must be restricted by assigning users proper roles and responsibilities.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Access to the HMC if not properly controlled and restricted by assigning users proper roles and responsibilities, could allow...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • HMC0185

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    Group
  • Audit records content must contain valid information to allow for proper incident reporting.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The content of audit data must validate that the information contains: User IDs Successful and unsuccessful attempts to acc...
    Rule Medium Severity

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